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The pick of BBC World Service audio and video chosen by listeners around the globe

Digital Editor Anna Doble celebrates the most engaging audio and video produced by BBC World Service, exploring the reaction on social media and chatting to listeners.

Listeners to the BBC World Service not only love what they hear, they love to be a part of it: a two-way relationship that creates a special bond.

Each week, Digital Editor Anna Doble celebrates the most engaging audio and video from progammes and podcasts, exploring the reaction on social media.

She also speaks to some of those listeners around the world, to find out what it was about the issue - and the way we shared it - that captured them.

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Pick of the World: The woman who snuck into the Boston Marathon

13/04/2024 GMT

The woman who snuck into the Boston Marathon

BBC World Service - Pick of the World, The woman who snuck into the Boston Marathon

In 1966, Bobbi Gibb was told women couldn't run marathons... but she did it anyway

In 1966, Bobbi Gibb was told women couldn't run marathons... but she did it anyway.

In 1966, Bobbi Gibb was told women couldn't run marathons... but she did it anyway. Plus, the lesbian couple who thought they'd never be able to get legally married, but ended up being the first in the world to do so.

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